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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (03/09/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Vote 9 to zero. So, with a vote of 9 to zero, the committee has voted to OTP House Bill 1197.
  • >> Vote 9 to zero. >> Vote 9 to zero.
  • with a voice vote. with a voice vote.
  • Representative Sweeney voted yes. Representative Wiler voted yes. Representative Mons voted no.
  • voting no. voting no.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The committee began a work session on House Bill 1600, concerning access to the centralized voter registration database on election days. Secretary of State David Scanlan testified that the state already has a new statewide voter registration system connected to town clerks and supervisors of the checklist, and that the bill was probably unnecessary but acceptable if the legislature wanted it. He raised concern about language that could require direct electronic access in every polling place, noting that some polling locations lack reliable internet or cell service and that municipalities can change polling locations, which could make a rigid requirement expensive and impractical. Members discussed whether the bill should be clarified to allow direct or indirect access, including use of a phone-based workaround, and the secretary said that would address his concern. The committee then voted on HB 1600. Representative Maguire moved ought to pass with an amendment adding “direct or indirect access” on page one, line seven, and the motion was seconded. The amendment was adopted 9-0 by voice vote, and the committee then voted 9-0 to OTP the bill. The chair stated that HB 1600 would be placed on consent. The committee next took up House Bill 1197F FN, a technical correction to insurance laws. Members noted it had already passed the House with amendment and that the fiscal note was effectively indeterminate but would not affect the general fund because the insurance agency is self-funded. The committee voted 9-0 to OTP the bill; the chair said consent calendar placement would be decided by the full committee. Finally, the committee opened a work session on House Bill 11:30 FN regarding judicial performance evaluations. Representative Lynn, the bill’s sponsor, argued that the fiscal note overstated the immediate cost and said the judicial branch could likely manage through the current biennium while implementing the new system. He also supported making judges’ names public and said the bill’s anonymity provisions were aimed at protecting the identities of questionnaire respondents, not the judges being evaluated. Members asked about public disclosure, internal access to evaluation materials, and the removal of language allowing the governor and executive council to receive evaluations on request; discussion continued on those points, but no final vote on HB 11:30 FN was taken in the portion provided.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Transportation Committee Jun 29th, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you haven't had an opportunity to vote, you need to vote.
  • Davies vote change from not voting to aye. Aguiar-Curry, aye. Carrillo, aye.
  • Item number six, SB 1218: 15 aye votes. Item number eight, SB 953: 15 aye votes.
  • Item number eight, SB 953: 15 aye votes. Item number 11, SB 1087: 11 aye votes, two no votes.
  • Item number 12, SB 1156: 15 aye votes. Item number 13, SB 1198: 15 aye votes.
Keywords: 988, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Feb 25th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President: Secretary, unlock the board and Senators proceed to vote. Have all Senators voted?
  • President: Secretary, unlock the board and Senators proceed to vote. Have all Senators voted?
  • President: Secretary, unlock the board and Senators proceed to vote. Have all Senators voted?
  • President: Secretary, unlock the board and Senators proceed to vote. Have all Senators voted?
  • Have all Senators voted? President: Secretary, lock the board and record the vote.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Declare the vote 100 nay.
  • Seeing none, staff, please open the vote. Beck, I. Declare the vote 10 aye 0 nay. Mr.
  • Representative Deck, you care to vote. Deck, aye. Declare the vote 100 nay.
  • Please activate the voting. Archer I, Tedford I. Morai You. Declare the vote, please.
  • Anyone wishing to vote or change their vote? The Chair is preparing to close.
Keywords: 914, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy and Administration (02/09/2026)

Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • v vote occurred. v vote occurred.
  • The vote on this was 597 votes in favor, 547 votes opposed.
  • votes was 597 votes in favor, 547 votes opposed. opposed. opposed.
  • <01:01:22.000> vote<01:01:22.240> it voters in the co-op wide vote vote it voters in
  • of the district votes yes. of the district votes yes.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1331, which would allow the town of Derry to incorporate the Derry Cooperative School District as a department of the town through a charter amendment. The prime sponsor and several supporters argued the change would increase local control, streamline overlapping town and school functions, and potentially help align school spending with Derry’s tax cap. Supporters also said Derry is large enough to warrant a structure more like Manchester or Nashua, and one witness cited a 2018 nonbinding Derry ballot question that passed 597 to 547 in favor of seeking authorization for this change. Opposition came from NEA New Hampshire President Megan Tuttle, who said the association and the Derry Education Association opposed the bill because schools are not simply another municipal department and because Derry voters had already rejected merging the district into town government. She argued the state should respect local control and the community’s prior decision. Committee members asked about the scope of the proposed charter change, the role of the school board, and the reported prior vote, and the sponsor clarified that the amendment would be limited to this specific purpose rather than opening the entire charter. The hearing then moved to House Bill 1374, which would change the procedures for withdrawing from a cooperative school district. Representative Mary Murphy said current law gives other cooperative towns too much control over a withdrawing town’s decision, and her bill would remove the requirement for approval by the other towns while raising the withdrawing town’s approval threshold to a supermajority. She pointed to Francis Town’s 2024 withdrawal vote and said the bill was intended to protect students and local decision-making. The sponsor asked for an ought to pass recommendation, and committee members asked follow-up questions about the prior withdrawal vote and the number of voters involved.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) May 8th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I hope you vote for it and vote for the bill too. Senator Johnson, what purpose?
  • yes and another client to vote no on the same vote. ...whether it's a vote for a director or a vote
  • X and you to vote Y on the same vote, there's a problem.
  • And in those cases, if they're telling us to vote X and another client to vote Y on the same vote, this
  • We all voted for them. You voted for them, I voted for them.
Summary: The Senate took up and passed Senate Bill 945, which concerns political shareholder proposals by insurers and insurance holding companies. Senator Hughes argued the bill would protect Texas-based insurers from activist shareholder pressure, especially proposals aimed at limiting insurance coverage for oil and gas companies for ESG or political reasons. The motion to suspend the regular order was adopted over objection, and SB 945 passed to engrossment on a 20-10 vote with one present not voting. The chamber also passed Senate Bill 1117, allowing any Texas-licensed dentist to administer botulinum toxin in oral or maxillofacial regions for aesthetic purposes, and House Joint Resolution 98, renewing Texas’s application for an Article 5 Convention of States to propose amendments on fiscal restraints, federal power limits, and term limits. Both measures advanced after debate and roll-call votes; SB 1117 passed unanimously after suspension of the three-day rule, and H.J.R. 98 was adopted on a 17-14 vote. Members then approved several other measures, including the committee substitute for House Bill 142 on HHSC’s Office of Inspector General and Medicaid overpayment recovery, Senate Bill 2373 on AI-enabled financial fraud and deepfake/phishing schemes, Senate Bill 2221 on fraudulent UCC financing statements, and Senate Bill 2681 on the basis for third-party voter-registration challenges. The Senate also adopted a resolution authorizing a Texas Life Monument replica at the Capitol complex, and passed S.J.R. 59 creating funds for Texas State Technical College capital needs. The body debated and passed Senate Bill 946, which would bar credit discrimination against organizations based on social, political, religious, or similar value-based considerations and require credit decisions to rest on creditworthiness. Senators raised concerns that the bill could create a special protected class for non-human entities or conflict with existing state policies, but the bill advanced to engrossment on a 20-11 vote. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 2477 to ease office-to-residential conversions in large cities after adopting an amendment negotiated with municipal stakeholders, and began consideration of Senate Bill 715 on ERCOT reliability requirements for generators, including existing generation, with extensive debate over impacts on renewables, power purchase agreements, and grid reliability.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Health and Mental Health Apr 30th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Health and Mental Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • By a vote of 13 eyes and 2 knows you voted House Committee substitute for Senate Bill, 878 is due pass
  • By your vote of 15 ayes and zero noes, you have voted House Committee substitute for House Bill 3457
  • By your vote of 15 ayes and zero noes, you have voted House Committee substitute for House Resolution
  • By your vote of 15 ayes and zero noes, you have voted House Resolution 4661 do pass.
  • By your vote of 15 ayes and zero noes, you have voted House Resolution 4661 do pass.
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The Committee on Health and Mental Health met in executive session and first took up Senate Bill 878, a pharmacy-related bill by Senator Fitzwater. Members adopted a committee substitute and a committee amendment before voting the bill do pass by a vote of 13 ayes and 2 noes. The substitute added language previously seen in other legislation on pseudoephedrine and 340B, and the amendment aligned the bill with Senate floor language on ivermectin. The committee then considered House Bill 3457, Representative Burns’ medically complex patients bill. Members adopted a substitute that narrowed the definition of “medically complex patient,” changed one provision from “shall” to “may,” and required primary care physician approval of a care plan before it could be entered into the alert system. One member raised concerns about making hydroxychloroquine over-the-counter and about pharmacists prescribing class two devices such as CPAP machines, but the substitute and then the bill itself were both approved unanimously, 15-0. Finally, the committee approved two resolutions sponsored by Representative Hruza. House Resolution 5380, on ALS awareness, was amended to add more encouragement for assistive technology and augmentative and alternative communication, then passed 15-0. House Resolution 4661, on chronic kidney disease, was also voted do pass 15-0. The meeting ended after brief closing remarks and adjournment.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (05/28/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we're voting on not only the amendment; we're voting on the item itself.
  • Senator Rose voted no. Senator Lang voted yes. Senator Bzel voted yes. Senator Inis voted yes.
  • Senator Pearl voted yes. The chair voted yes. The amendment was approved.
  • It's not voted until voted on this bill.
  • be voting against the removal. be voting against the removal.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Public Works and Highways (02/17/2026)

Public Works and Highways

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh a vote on this proposed amendment.
  • Are we ready for a uh a vote >> Uh, okay.
  • and recommend a no vote. and recommend a no vote.
  • I will move amendment 0754H and recommend a no vote. An ITL vote. I guess I have no vote.
  • Chairman, by a vote of one in the Mr.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, Vice Chair, for the vote.
  • votes or votes<00:25:50.320> or<00:25:50.480> reservations<00:25:51.159> hearing
  • ><00:25:51.440> none<00:25:51.640> Madam votes or reservations hearing none Madam votes
  • any no votes or votes at reservations any no votes or votes at reservations hearing<00:26:44.960
  • any no votes or votes or reservations any no votes or votes or reservations hearing<00:29:30.000
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water and Land met on March 21, 2025, and considered several resolutions related to water resources, coastal management, and energy planning. On SCR 42/SR 27, which urged DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife to prioritize restoration and protection of additional wetlands and anchialine ponds, DLNR supported the measure and suggested a technical correction changing a reference from the Division of Agriculture to the Division of Aquatic Resources. Testimony from Hā‘ena Reef and Ocean Coalition, Maui Ocean Center, and individuals was in support. The committee recommended passage with technical and non-substantive amendments. The committee also heard SCR 54/SR 36, which would create a desalination planning task force to study whether large-scale desalination for potable water is feasible. DLNR and CWRM said the proposal was a large undertaking and raised capacity concerns, noting the Board of Water Supply was already moving forward with its own desalination planning. BWS testified in support, saying its project was still in planning and design, with construction not expected until late 2027 or 2028, and that the project would produce about 1.7 million gallons per day to supplement Ewa’s water supply. Members discussed whether the task force might duplicate existing work and noted the measure focused on consumption rather than other desalination uses. The committee ultimately recommended passage with technical and non-substantive amendments. For SCR 59/SR 43, which asked DLNR, the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation, and the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission to work together on maintaining the Kihei ramp, DLNR reported ongoing collaboration and listed prior improvements including paving, washdown work, dredging, and a retaining wall. The committee recommended passage with technical and non-substantive amendments. On SCR 106/SR 87, which requested a study of which energy sector could be most quickly and cost-effectively decarbonized through public investment in combustion-free alternatives, OPSD said the State Energy Office had already completed a decarbonization study under Act 238 (2022) and a follow-up alternative fuels analysis, and suggested the resolution duplicated existing work. Energy Justice Network testified in support, arguing the proposal would build on prior studies by focusing on non-combustion options such as wind, solar, and storage. Despite support from several organizations and individuals, the committee deferred the measure indefinitely. The committee also passed SR 18 as is, passed SC 51/SR 33 as is, deferred SC 47, and passed SC 76/SR 59 with amendments.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Ethics and Elections Mar 10th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • The same information is required to request a vote-by-mail ballot or to register to vote.
  • This mirrors the vote-by-mail statute.
  • Please vote no. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. Exactly what this bill does. Please vote no.
  • I encourage you to vote no on these bills.
  • We're verging you to vote down on this bad bill.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections heard SPB 7016, a bill revising Florida’s citizen initiative petition process to address fraud, voter information, and ballot integrity. The bill and its amendments would add sponsor bonds and deposit requirements, require more identifying information from signers and circulators, bar certain felons and non-citizens from circulating petitions, require circulator training, shorten the time to submit signed petitions, require notices to voters whose signatures are verified, and change how financial impact statements are handled. Several amendments were adopted, including a $1 million bond framework, 10-point font and page limits for petition forms, a ban on incentive-based pay tied to petition counts or speed, removal of a requirement that fraud be proven by criminal conviction before administrative fines, county deposit and payment procedures for supervisors of elections, invalidation of petitions gathered by ineligible circulators, training requirements within 30 days, and a prohibition on public funds being used to advocate for or against constitutional amendments. Committee discussion focused heavily on implementation and fairness. Supporters, including the sponsor and the Florida Chamber of Commerce, argued the bill was needed to deter fraud, protect voter information, and ensure sponsors—not taxpayers—bear the costs of the initiative process. Supervisors of elections testified that county taxpayers should not subsidize petition verification, but also warned that some provisions would be difficult to implement quickly because of software and operational constraints. Senators raised questions about the bond cost, the 10-day submission deadline, notice to voters whose petitions are invalidated, the effect on returning citizens, and whether the bill could disenfranchise voters who sign petitions in good faith. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed. Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, NAACP Florida, Florida Rising, Equality Florida, All Voting Is Local, and other advocates said the bill would suppress grassroots participation, criminalize volunteers, create costly barriers, and favor wealthy or corporate interests. They objected especially to the bond, the new signer identification requirements, the shorter submission window, and the lack of notice when a petition is invalidated. A few supporters, including the Florida Chamber, backed the measure as a safeguard against fraud and outside influence. After debate, the committee did not reach a final vote on the bill in the portion provided, but the bill remained before the committee as amended.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 3/3/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • > clerk voted everyone has voted and the clerk voted everyone has voted and the clerk will<00:
  • play a vote for house file 12 is a vote play a vote for house file 12 is a vote for<02:23:51.520
  • A vote for House File 12 is a vote for Laurel.
  • <02:25:32.920> house<02:25:33.279> file vote for Laurel a vote for house file vote for
  • sense vote to protect our girls vote for sense vote to protect our girls vote for fairness<02:27
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • This passes, please vote.
  • Miss Court is vote on this Bill.
  • Please vote yes.
  • By your vote.
  • to vote.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 02/24/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He spoke about the value of voting.
  • BUT THE POWER OF THE YOUTH VOTE.
  • . >> Senator Jackson to explain his vote. >> Thank you, Mr.
  • Voting in negative are Senator Walczyk. The bill is passed.
  • Voting in negative are Senator Walczyk. The bill is passed.
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior Journal, and began with ceremonial recognitions before moving to legislative business. Members honored the Schenectady Belmont Pop Warner football team for winning the Eastern Regional Championship and being a top-ranked national team, with Senators Parker and Tedisco praising the players, coaches, and volunteers. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 1636, mourning the death of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson and recognizing his lifetime of civil rights, labor, voting rights, and social justice advocacy. Multiple senators spoke in support, reflecting on his influence on politics, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and the message that “I am somebody.” After the resolution, the Senate took up the calendar and passed a series of bills, largely focused on health care, insurance, and public health. These included measures on municipal law, mental hygiene, correction law, executive law, and several insurance and public health bills addressing prescription drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers, rebates, and anti-competitive drug practices. Senators Myrie, Borrello, Jackson, Fernandez, and others explained votes in support of transparency, patient access, and lowering drug costs; some members noted concerns about pharmacy deserts and corporate consolidation. Most bills passed with broad margins, though a few drew more opposition, including Calendar 304 on anti-competitive drug agreements. On Calendar 289, an amendment concerning domestic violence was ruled non-germane by the chair. Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick appealed, arguing the amendment would create a public registry for persistent domestic violence offenders to help protect potential victims. The Senate voted on the appeal, the ruling of the chair stood, and the bill was then restored to the non-controversial calendar and passed. The Senate then completed the calendar, had no further business, and adjourned until Wednesday, February 25 at 3:00 p.m.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS Senate Floor - 9 February, 2026; 2:00 PM

Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There were some no votes.
  • McMahan, Tate, voting yes or yay. Barnett, Blackman, voting yes or yay.
  • voting?
  • No, as voting?
  • Anyone wish to be recorded as voting?<03:02:07.279> No. voting? No. voting? No.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, received an invocation from Dr. Pearl Huggin, and approved dispensing with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. Several guests were introduced, including Dr. Huggin’s family, the doctor of the day, first-year medical students from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and representatives from Mississippi hospitals and law enforcement. The chamber then moved to the calendar and took up multiple bills. Senate Bill 2911, concerning alternative return-to-work provisions for state retirees, was explained as shortening the required separation period from 90 days to 30 days and allowing retirees to return in certain positions at up to 80% of the salary for the job they are performing, with the employer paying both sides of retirement contributions. Supporters said it would help fill vacancies in education, public safety, corrections, and local government and could save money compared with contract labor; questions focused on work expectations, insurance, and how the bill would apply to teachers, bus drivers, and other retirees. The committee substitute was adopted, and the bill passed on the afternoon roll call. Senate Bill 2272, which would exempt certain agriculture and forestry items from the 1.5% sales tax, was explained as reducing the tax to 0% for qualifying commercial farmers and loggers and expanding covered items to include equipment and fencing supplies. A question clarified that the exemption applies to commercial operations, not individuals raising animals for personal use. The bill passed on the afternoon roll call. Senate Bill 2909, which lowers the years needed for unreduced retirement under tier five from 35 to 30, was also taken up; after adoption of the committee substitute, the bill was laid on the table subject to call of the chair because of a pending amendment. The Senate also tabled a motion to reconsider Senate Bill 2588 (the Shield Act codification) and heard Senate Bill 2260, which creates a government efficiency task force to study ways to streamline agency licensing and service delivery; that bill was explained as a preliminary study commission intended to recommend consolidation and a more one-stop approach to state services.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 069 Mar 24th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are there any no<00:34:05.600> votes? no votes? no votes?
  • vote on SB2612. vote on SB2612.
  • So, I am asking for a no vote, and we'll be voting no today.
  • And I ask for an I vote. vote. vote. >> Senator<02:31:50.560> Weissman.
  • Are there any no votes? There is one no vote: Senator Lon.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, approved the journal, and received several routine messages, including House-passed bills transmitted to the governor and the revisor. During moments of personal privilege, senators welcomed guests including members of the Persian Cultural Circle for the annual Naruse breakfast, a niece shadowing Senator Judah, and leadership from the Netherland Public Library. A tribute recognizing March 20, 2026 as Naruse Day was read into the record, celebrating the Persian New Year and the Iranian-American community. On the consent calendar, House Bill 1191 passed 33-0. The bill concerns audits of school districts receiving state education fund money for capital construction projects for qualified charter schools, making the state auditor’s examination discretionary rather than mandatory. The Senate then laid over third reading of bills until March 24, 2026, pulled House Bill 1098 off consent for later consideration, and authorized the Joint Budget Committee to conduct business while the Senate was in session. The chamber then resolved into Committee of the Whole and adopted House Bills 1180 and 1189 on second reading. HB 1180 continues the Business Intelligence Center Advisory Board sunset process by repealing the board, while HB 1189 addresses property held by a community property spouse under the Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act. The committee report was adopted 33-0 and the bills were ordered revised and placed on the third-reading calendar. The committee also took up Senate Bill 112, concerning defendants who fail to appear in court and allowing certain pretrial release conditions for repeat failures to appear. Sponsor testimony emphasized that the bill was amended to use language from prior legislation and now focuses on repeated, willful failures to appear in the same case, with safeguards for municipal courts and situations where counsel is present. Supporters, including Senator Carson, argued the measure gives local courts a narrow tool to address repeated nonappearance and reduce burdens on judges, law enforcement, victims, and taxpayers; the discussion continued as the transcript ended.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Administration (02/25/2026)

Legislative Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, we're voting to pass on amendment number 0503H. And the clerk votes yes.
  • >> chair votes yes. >> chair votes yes.
  • We're voting on role on House Bill 1663. We're voting on ITL. ITL. ITL.
  • >> Clerk votes yes. Representative Walsh. >> Clerk votes yes.
  • Chair votes yes. Chair needs a drink. Uh, chair votes yes.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (02/17/2026)

Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Further voting on the bill as amended.
  • cost, and uncertainty to the voting cost, and uncertainty to the voting process,<01:11:41.280>
  • vote.
  • Voting should never their right to vote.
  • But it people in being able to vote.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WAM-EDU, WAM, WAM-GVO, WAM Public Hearings 03-28-2025

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, Chair, vote. So Chair votes for pass with amendments.
  • /c><00:06:57.879> on<00:06:58.039> House chair votes I chair votes I on House chair votes
  • Senate draft one I vote Senate draft one I vote Yes<00:26:41.840> voting<00:26:42.120>
  • Anyone voting no with reservation? Anyone voting no with reservation?
  • Thank you. anyone voting no reservation aded thank anyone voting no reservation aded thank you<00:56:
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee took up House Bill 422, relating to school impact fees. The Education Committee recommended passage with amendments, and Ways and Means concurred. The amendments would repeal the construction fee component of the school impact fee while retaining the land impact fee and in-lieu fee requirements, remove related statutory language, exempt certain developments from school impact fees, raise the unit threshold for satisfying the land component to 100 units, require the School Facilities Authority to adopt rules and policies, and require a report to the Legislature on the effect of repealing the construction portion of the fee. The measure was also given a sunset date of June 30, 2029, with the committee report to note that the changes are intended to test the efficiency and efficacy of the fee structure and could be made permanent if the report supports that outcome. The committees adopted the recommendation, with one senator initially voting no and then changing to yes after the amendments were explained. The meeting also included a separate hearing on House Bill 1155, concerning procurement for Department of Transportation projects and construction manager/general contractor procurement. DOT testified that it supported the concept but wanted to narrow the bill, saying the current language was too broad and that the goal was to allow more innovative procurement while preserving selection safeguards. The State Procurement Office said it supported the bill’s language but was willing to work with DOT on alternative wording. Several construction-related organizations, including subcontractors, iron workers, elevator constructors, and building trades representatives, opposed the bill, arguing that exemptions from the procurement code would weaken protections such as retainage, equality, and prompt payment and could invite favoritism or corruption. In response to those concerns, the chair proposed amendments limiting the exemption to DOT, narrowing the qualifying contracts, adding a two-year sunset, requiring a report after the first year, and clarifying that project management could not be procured under the section. The amended recommendation passed, though several members voted with reservations. A separate item, House Bill 476, was briefly called up at the end of the agenda, with a recommendation to pass with amendments to increase a rate from 7.25% to 8%, but discussion was not completed in the portion of the transcript provided.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 3, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This vote is not a process vote.
  • This vote is not a process vote.
  • vote. vote. vote.
  • This should be an easy vote to vote no. Thank you, Mr.
  • an easy vote to vote no. Thank you, Mr. an easy vote to vote no. Thank you, Mr.